“This is the only country in the world where you can murder a black man and say, 'Oh, I was scared,' and the police will be like, 'Oh, okay.' But if you say, 'I was scared' and you punch a gay man, they're like, 'What were you scared of?'”
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"“They said, 'Dave, you're the voice of the people.' And I said, 'No, I'm the voice of the voiceless.' Then they said, 'Who are the voiceless?' And I said, 'The rich white people.' And they said, 'Oh, …"
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."
"“I'm not going to let anyone silence the truth.”"
"“I'm not going to let anyone tell me what's right and what's wrong.”"
"The only difference between me and Cosby is I didn’t drug anybody."
American comedian whose Chappelle's Show (2003-2006) reshaped 21st-century comedy and whose 2010s-2020s Netflix specials triggered debates over comedy and offense. Closely associated with Richard Pryor (predecessor in race-and-language American stand-up) and Eddie Murphy (1980s SNL trailblazer). For an intellectual contrast, see Hannah Gadsby, Australian comedian and Nanette creator — Nanette (2018) explicitly attacks the stand-up tradition Chappelle works within and treats traditional punchline comedy as a structure of power. Nanette and Chappelle's Sticks & Stones are the two most-discussed comedy specials of the late-2010s, taking opposite positions on whether stand-up structurally enables or excuses harm.
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